Paper-bag container



July 28, 1925 c. H. @CONNOR Filed 'May 28, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 wue'ntofb @Hai uc up.

-Juxy 23,1925.

c. H. ocoNNoR PAPER BAG CONTAINER Filed May 28, 1925 2 sheets-sheet 2 at Sault Ste. Marie,V in the Province of' Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have infk Patented `luly 28, 1925.

.Y '-cHARLEs HAzELToNfocoNNoR, or sAULT STE, MA-ara, forri'uutIo,A CANADA.

e rAPisn-BAG CONTAINER. i

i 'kppnationniedMayas,1923. s eriarn.' 6421151.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that L-CHARLEs OGON#` Non, a citi zen of the United States, residing vented a new anduseful -Paper-Bag Con` tainer7 of which the following is a: specification. This invention relates to a rack" or v4container for paper bags, onef of -its objects being to provide a container yin the form of a housing or casing adapted to be supported on a counter or the like and which has separate compartments for holding bags of different sizes where the closed ends or Satchel portions can be readily reached for the purpose of removing a bag easily.

Another obj ect is to provide a simple and eiicient means forexerting a constant pressure on one end portion of apack of bags, this pressure remaining Isubstantially constant irrespective of the thickness of the ack.

Another object is to provide a structure which can be easily refilled.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts which will be'hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood thatv various changes Vmay be made in the constructionl and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as clalmed.

In the accompanying drawings the pre-v ferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of the container showing bags in position to bewithdrawn therefrom. Y

VFigure 2 is a vertical section through the Formed` in the front' wall ofthe housing above butclose to 'each of the strips 4Sis an opening 6 extending throughout thewidth 'of the-pocket; vThis opening is solocated that when a foldedV bag is supported on 'endwithe in a'-pock'et the upper portion` 'of the Satchel bottom of the 'bag will! be positioned where 1t can be graspedvreadily for the purpos'e'of of different sizeso'ne pocket being employed *i for each'pack'off bags placed inthe'housing'."

engaging the frame. A coiled spring 10 is mounted on each frame 8 between the eyes 7 and one end of the spring engages the adjacent strip 3 so as to be held'against movement while the other end of the spring engages one side of the frame -8 so as to .press the frame toward the closed front of rthe housing.

frame while the other end of the spring' bears against the yokey 9. Thus said yoke is normally pressed toward the closed front f end of the housing. Thev yoke is so proportioned thaty the lower end thereof is directly back of the opening 6 of the rpocket g in which the yoke is mounted.vr

. In loading or filling the container packs of bags of theY different sizes to be used are placed Within the respective pockets. The front of the housing 4may be provided with means adjacent the openings ,6 for indicating the sizes of the bags located back of the openings; For example bags for holdinghalf pounds` are placed in the pocket the opening of which is indicated by the character while bags for holding three pounds of material will be placed inthe pocketthe opening of which -is designed by the numeral 3. Before the bags are los placed in the pockets the frames 8 and yokes 9 are swung outwardly from'the pockets to allow the packs of bags to be placed in the pockets. By then releasing the frames and .110-

yokes they will be moved by their springs so yas to press against the packs and force the bags against the front of the housing. To remo-ve any one of the bags exposed through the openings it is merely necessary to grasp the exposed portion B and pull the bag through the opening. The novel pressure means in each pocket insures the clamping of all portions of the pack of bags against the front of the housing and the lower portion of the pack is at all times slightly buckled bac-k of the opening 6 Vsor asto insurethe projection into the opening of the portion B of the frontbag.

That is 'claimed is: I In a paper bag container, a housing having a pocket at the back thereof, said pocket having an outlet opening in its front near the bottom extending throughout the width i of the pocket, a frame hingedly mounted in the lower portion of each pocket and extending upwardly within the pocket, a spring Jfor pressing the upper portion of the frame yieldingly toward the contents of the box, a. yoke hingedly mounted on the upper end of the frame and extending downwardly therefrom, a spring for holding all portions of the yoke normally pressed yieldingly against the contents of the pocket, substantially through the widthV and length of said contents, the bottomof the pocket being inclined downwardly toward the front thereof, the free end of the yoke terminatingrback of the outlet opening lin the pocket.

Y In testimony that I claim the foregoingl as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature inthe presence of two witnesses. n CHARLES HAZELTON OCONNOR.

l/Vitnesses Y FLORENCE LOMAS,

MABEL LYNN.V 

